Étoile Lusitana

Senegalese football academy

Football club

Étoile Lusitana Club
Founded	20 April 2008
Ground	Dakar
Owner	Luís Norton de Matos
Chairman	Ousmane Dieng
Manager	Oumar Diatta
League	Senegal – Ligue 2 Poule A
2010-11	6th

Étoile Lusitana Club (English: Lusitanian Star) is a Senegalese youth football academy based in Dakar.

History

Lusitania was founded on 20 April 2008 by Luís Norton de Matos, who holds 80% on the rights of the club, the other 20% holds a Senegalese company.^[1]

The team's academy made international headlines when it won the premier section of the Northern Ireland Milk Cup competition in 2010. The club's name is taken from the ancient name of the Roman Province in Portugal.

In the 2009 season, the team finished in sixth position in the Senegalese Second Division^[2] and te 2010 season on place six.^[3]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SEN	Babacar Mbaye
2	DF	SEN	Aliou Cisse
3	DF	SEN	Zacharia Ngom
4	DF	SEN	Moustapha Diop
5	DF	SEN	Ismaïla Dieye
6	MF	SEN	Djibril Sambou
7	MF	SEN	Cheikh Cisse
8	MF	SEN	Mamadou Niang
9	FW	CPV	João Nunes
10	MF	SEN	Abdou Seck
11	MF	SEN	Sidibouyeu Thiandoum
12	GK	SEN	Tidiane Dione
14	FW	SEN	Birame Ndoye
15	MF	SEN	Jean Armand Mendy
16	DF	NGA	Ugochukwu K. Okafor
17	MF	GUI	Lucky Mbata


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GAM	Sana Sonko
19	FW	SEN	Mamadou Ndiaye
20	MF	SEN	Abdou Bah
21	FW	SEN	Ousmane Gaye
22	DF	SEN	Pape Wade
23	DF	SEN	El Hadji Yakhya Lô
24	MF	SEN	Jean Gackou
26	FW	SEN	Dame Bamba Sow
27	MF	SEN	Mame Ndongo Diaw
28	MF	SEN	Papis Djigo
29	FW	SEN	Atoumane Dieng
30	MF	SEN	Ibrahima Conte
31	FW	SEN	Cheick Thiaw
32	MF	SEN	Mamadou Alassane Lô
36	MF	SEN	Pape Ndour
37	MF	SEN	Pape Dieng (Captain^[4])